Towed Array Sonar for the Royal Danish Navy

Yderligere oplysninger

Regarding the value of the sustainment contract and section II.2.1): the estimated value of the sustainment contract is EUR 17 000 000-EUR 34 000 000. The reason for the interval stated is the uncertainty regarding the actual value of the sustainment contract. Hence, the lower limit of the interval constitutes DALO’s most qualified estimate of the actual value of the sustainment contract at the present moment, while the upper limit of the interval constitutes the expected maximum value of the sustainment contract in its duration.

Regarding requirements to security clearance in section III.2.3): the confidentiality undertaking is available as part of the pre-qualification questionnaire. A list of the countries which has a security agreement with Denmark can be found in FKOBST 358-1, chapter 1 under ‘Militære sikkerhedsaftaler’ (Military security agreements) (available at www.fe-ddis.dk). A candidate domiciled in a country which has an agreement with Denmark but this agreement is not mentioned in FKOBST 358-1, chapter 1 under ‘Militære sikkerhedsaftaler’ (Military security agreements) must take appropriate steps in order to prove that such an agreement exists.

This tender is conducted according to the negotiated procedure, cf. directive 2009/81/EC, article 26. The candidates who will be invited to submit tenders will receive further practical information regarding the negotiated procedure in the instructions to tenderers.

Tenderers are expressly made aware that DALO reserves the right to regard the INDO as a best and final offer (BAFO) and to close the tender procedure and award the contract on the basis of the submitted INDO, ie. without conducting any negotiations.

Please note, that each candidate can only submit one request for participation. If the same legal entity is a part of or in any other way participates in several applications, e.g. submits his own application and at the same time participates in a consortium which also applies, the candidates shall ensure that the same legal entity’s participation does not provide for opportunity for mutual coordination of their applications and offers. DALO reserves the right to request the candidates to establish and reassure DALO that the same legal entity’s participation does not threaten the transparency and distort competition between the tenderers.

DALO reserves the right – but is not obliged – to use remedies equal to the remedies provided for in Section 159(5) of the Danish Act No 1564 of 15 December 2015, the Public Procurement Act, if applications or tenders do not fulfil the formalities of the procurement documents.

Candidates are asked to submit their request to participate via ETHICS. The permalink is stated in section I.1). The request to participate cannot be submitted by e-mail.

DALO have prepared a pre-qualification questionnaire which candidates are strongly encouraged to use when submitting their applications. The questionnaire contains questions, forms and templates for providing information etc. in accordance with the requirements in this Contract Notice. However, it is emphasized that it is the sole responsibility of the candidate that the information provided fulfils the requirements.

The questionnaire is available via ETHICS. The permalink is stated in section I.1).

Tenders cannot be submitted by e-mail due to the fact that the tender materiel contains classified information to the level of TIL Tjenestebrug (TTJ)/(Restricted/Nato Restricted (NR)/EU Restricted). Further instructions will be described in the Instructions to tenderers.

According to the EU defence directive, a candidate may rely on the economic and financial standing and/or technical and/or professional capacity of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links with the entities. If a candidate wants to rely on other entities and wishes that the capacity of other entities is taken into account when DALO assesses the suitability of the candidate, the candidate must prove that the other entities will and shall put the relevant resources at the disposal of the candidate. A template for a declaration from the supporting entity to this effect is included in the pre-qualification questionnaire referred to above.

The Contract and sustainment contract is entered into by DALO. However, all divisions of the Danish Ministry of Defence, including all units of the Danish Defence subject to the command of the Chief of Defence is entitled to use the sustainment contract.

De vigtigste finansieringsbetingelser og betalingsordninger og/eller henvisning til de relevante bestemmelser, der regulerer dem

Reference is made to the procurement documents regarding payment terms. Invoicing must be done in accordance with the applicable Danish legislation on public payments. At present, this is Danish consolidation act. No 798 of June 2007 which requires invoicing to be done electronically. Exact terms will be stated in the contract.

Objektive kriterier for udvælgelse

The limitation of candidates will be based on an evaluation of which candidates have documented the most relevant previous deliveries in comparison to the contract/purchases described in section II.1.5) above. In the evaluation, DALO will take into account the nature of the previous deliveries and delivery to other NATO countries. The evaluation will be based on the list of references submitted by the candidates according to section III.2.3). Please note that any ambiguities and/or incomprehensibilities in the information submitted may be regarded negatively in the evaluation when selecting the limited numbers of candidates.